Biscuit box



June 25, 1929. I CROWELL 1,718,277

' BISCUIT Box Original Filed July 20. 1927 K110705019 ll AttomgyIn'benmr Patented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- BISCUIT Box.

Application filed July 20, 1927, Serial No. 207,179. Renewed April 4,1929.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a biscuit box oranalogous container characterized by a false bottom, and peculiar andadvantageous means whereby the false bottom may be maintained at variousheights in the box with a view to making the box or container appear asfull as long as there are biscuits, cakes or the like in the box orcontainer, this with a view to preventing a customer from thinking thatbecause of biscuits or cake being near the bottom of a box or container,the biscuits or cake are not fresh. My improvement is also advantageousbecause it will enable a merchant to distin- 1 guish the poor sellingbrand and in that way avoid the buying of any brand of cakes, biscuitsor the like save those which enjoy a quick sale.

A further object of'my invention is the provision of my improvement inan embodiment that is applicable to and removable from conventionalboxes or containers, this in order that my improvement may be employedsuccessively in a number of boxes or containers, if such use of theinvention is deemed expedient.

Another object of the invention is the provision of my improvement in anextremely simple and inexpensive construction which,

if deemed expedient, may be discarded after a box has been fullydischarged of its contents. I would have it'understood, however thatwhen deemed expedient, my improvement may be employed for an indefiniteperiod of time in a single box or container, and this during therepeated filling and discharging of the box or container.

Other objects and practical advantages of my invention will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claims when the same areread in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part ofthe specification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a cake boxor container equipped with the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken in a plane at rightangles to Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective of one of hanger attachments comprisedin my improvement.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all theviews of the drawing.

' I illustrate in Figures 1 and 2 an ordinary box body 1, and a cover 2therefor. The said box body and cover are not of my in vention, and atthis point I would have it understood that my improvement is adapted tobe applied to and used in any type of box or container to which theimprovement is applicable.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention I employ sheet metal hangerattachments 3 of the inverted U-shape best illustrated in Figures 2 and3, and which are adapted to be arranged on opposite walls of the boxbody'l in the relation illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. The saidattachments 3 are provided at their inner sides with spring tongues 4,preferably struck from the innerskirts of the attachment, as appearsclearly in Figure 3.

My improvement also comprises a false bottom or platform 5. Within thepurview of my invention the said false bottom or platform 5 may be ofany material appropriate to the purpose of the invention, though for thesake of cheapness and lightness, the said false bottom or platform 5 maybe formed of compressed pulp, fiber or the like. The said false bottomor platform 5 is provided with opposite upstanding flanges 6, andstafiled or otherwise connected tothe said anges 6, Figures 1 and 2, areflexible tapes or straps 7. The said flexible tapes or straps 7 areadapted to be engaged with and pressed and held by the tongues 4 afterthe manner illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, and inasmuch as the tapes orstraps 7 may be expeditiously and easily engaged with and disengagedfrom the tongues 4, it follows that the tapes or straps 7 may befastened at various points in their length to the attachments 3 so as tosupport the false bottom or platform 5 at 95 various points in theheight of the box as {)he biscuits or cakes are removed from the In thepractical use of my improvement, the false bottom or platform 5 isinitially 100 arranged against the bottom of the box body 1, and the boxis packed with biscuits or cakes in conventional manner.

Then when a layer or thickness of cakes is removed from the box body atthe top 5 thereof, the tapes or straps 7 are disengaged from the tongues4 and the false bottom or platform 5 is then through the medium of thetapes or straps 7 raised to move the uppermost biscuits or cakes to apoint'substan- 110 tially flush with the upper edge of the walls of thebody 1, whereupon the tapes of straps are engaged with the tongues 4 andthereby fastened to the attachments 3 so that the cakes will bemaintained in the raised position indicated. This operation is repeateduntil the supply of biscuits or cakes in the box is depleted, and byvirtue of the said practice, it will be understood that the box willalways appear to a prospective purchaser as being fullor substantiallyfull and the said prospectivepurchaser will be prevented from acquiringthe idea, that the biscuits or cakes in the box are old stock.

While I show the box body 1 as having a transparent panel 8, Figure 1, Iwould have it understood that the said transparent panel 8 has nothingto do with my invention, and therefore the panel 8, in the discretion ofthe manufacturer may be employed or may be altogether omitted Withoutaffecting my invention.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that while simple and inexpensivein construction and easily applied and used, my improvement constitutesan important adjunct for cake and biscuit containers.

v I have explicitly described the preferred embodiment of m invention inorder to impart an exact un erstanding of the said embodiment in all itsdetails. I donot desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself tothe precise structure disclosed, my invention being defined by myappended claims within the scope of which modifications may be madewithout departure from my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what false bottom or platform andengaged with said fasteners; the said fasteners being in the form ofspring clasp'ing tongues, and the said hangers being in the form offlexible tapes or straps engageable with said tongues and adapted to beclasped and held by the tongues at various points in the length of thetapes or straps.

2. In combination, a box or container body, attachments extraneous tothe body or container arranged on opposite portions of said body instraddling relation and having at their inner sides spring tongues, afalse bottom or platform movable Vertically in the body and havingopposite upstanding flanges, and flexible tapes or straps connected tosaid flanges and adapted to be engaged with and clasped by thesaidspring tongues.

3. Means for the purpose described and adapted for use in associationwith a box body, comprising attachments of inverted U- shape adapted tobe mounted on opposite portions of a box-body and having at their innersides spring clasping tongues, a false bottom or platform, and flexibletapes or straps connected to said false bottom or platform and adaptedto be engaged with and clasped by said tongues.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

KENNETH H. CROWELL.

